Learning analytics

Abstract

1Learning analytics is one of the most active research topics in the field of education and educational technologies. Yet, research on learning analytics still has to address many topics related to the application of learning analytics techniques, such as competence-based learning, learning analytics-based interventions, cross-validation of extant research, standards for learning analytics, or learning analytics and instructional design. In addition, the emergence and growth of new technologies in educational contexts (e.g. smartphones, virtual and augmented reality, social networks) and the ever-changing nature of existing ones bring new challenges and opportunities for research and practice in learning analytics. This piece introduces the fifth edition of the track on Learning Analytics at Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, an edition aiming to further expand the discipline. The document details the review process and provides an overview of the accepted submissions, and concludes with some reflections about learning analytics and remarks from the authors based on their experience from the past five years as Track Chairs